The American West In Art

The American West in Art: Selections from the Denver Art Museum showcases the collection of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art. Twenty-two essays written by Thomas Brent Smith, Jennifer R. Henneman, and Molly Medakovich lead the reader through the history of western American art, from artists' journeys to the West in the 1800s to the modernism of the 1930s and 1940s, A prologue by Dan Flores and an epilogue by Erika Doss frame the essays with historical and contemporary perspectives. Jennifer Henneman, Ph.D. is Associate Curator of Art of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum. Molly Medakovich Ph.D. is Interpretive Specialist, Western American and European Art at the Denver Art Museum. Thomas Brent Smith is Curator, Director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum. Published by the Denver Art Museum Hardcover